TOTT 15 March 2018
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<strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Revved up for OD Inggs Memorial Run<br />
OLD BEAUTIES: Some of the entrants in last year’s OD Inngs Memorial Run, which is<br />
held in and around Port Alfred<br />
Port Alfred ready to host annual rally event<br />
THE 19th Annual OD<br />
Inggs Memorial Run<br />
will be held in and<br />
around Port Alfred on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 24 and 25.<br />
This run is organised by<br />
the Albany Vintage and<br />
Classic Motor Club as a<br />
tribute to the late OD Inggs,<br />
a well-known and<br />
respected Grahamstown<br />
businessman.<br />
He was also widely<br />
known and respected for<br />
his collection and<br />
knowledge of vintage and<br />
classic motor cars.<br />
The run will once again<br />
be held in the Albany<br />
District with competitors<br />
navigating a route<br />
comprising 300km on the<br />
first day and 100km on the<br />
second. With all the<br />
st o p / g o ’s and other forms<br />
of road reconstruction<br />
compiling an interesting<br />
route has become a huge<br />
challenge for the clerk of<br />
the course and his team.<br />
The rally is held under<br />
national rules and<br />
guidelines and at no time<br />
are vehicles allowed to<br />
exceed 80% of the speed<br />
limit. This presents a huge<br />
challenge as the<br />
speedometers in the<br />
vehicle are covered up for<br />
the duration of the rally.<br />
The speed of the vehicles<br />
is calculated by navigators<br />
using a stop watch and<br />
observing road markings<br />
and other signs on the<br />
roads.<br />
Teams will consist of a<br />
driver and a navigator. They<br />
will receive the route<br />
schedule 30 minutes before<br />
their scheduled starting<br />
time. While the navigator<br />
will be trying to decipher<br />
the route schedule the<br />
driver will be making sure<br />
that the car is in order.<br />
One point is added per<br />
second for early or late<br />
arrival at a control point.<br />
The team with the lowest<br />
number of points at the<br />
completion of the two days<br />
is the winner.<br />
The first car leaves the<br />
Rosehill Mall at 9.30am on<br />
the Saturday while the rest<br />
leave at one minute<br />
intervals. After a lunch en<br />
route the competitors will<br />
return to Port Alfred. A<br />
dinner has been organised<br />
for competitors and<br />
officials at the Port Alfred<br />
River and Ski-boat Club on<br />
Saturday evening.<br />
The starting point on<br />
Sunday will also be the<br />
Rosehill Mall at 8.30am,<br />
following a shorter route,<br />
with a tea break along the<br />
way. The cars will then<br />
proceed to the Royal Port<br />
Alfred Golf Club just after<br />
noon for the prize-giving<br />
and lunch. Trophies will be<br />
presented to the winning<br />
team. Trophies are also<br />
awarded to the best<br />
navigator, first lady<br />
competitor, winning club<br />
trophy and to the oldest car<br />
entered.<br />
SERENDIPITY<br />
... with Bev Young<br />
Chasing mills – Part six<br />
IN 1831 there were 234<br />
watermills, 28 horse mills<br />
and six windmills in the<br />
Eastern Cape.<br />
I have only found 23, all<br />
told. Seemingly, they were<br />
nearly all grist mills, the<br />
ones with the huge crushing<br />
st o n e s .<br />
I am intrigued by historical<br />
sources which say there<br />
were four mills in Bathurst,<br />
between 1830-31 and 1855.<br />
Now I need help. It<br />
actually makes sense, as<br />
B r a d s h aw ’s Mill, was built<br />
for cloth, not flour, and<br />
although Cock’s and<br />
Mansfield mills, serviced a<br />
goodly area, it would not<br />
have been sufficient for the<br />
number of settlers here. Oh,<br />
and there was apparently<br />
“one in Shaw Park”?<br />
THE STONES TELL STORIES: A vintage mill stone used for making flour, as used to exist in our<br />
area<br />
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